Russian National Artist Mikail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra have combined forces and created new recordings of the entire Tschaikovsky Symphony cycle. The first of the series, Symphony No. 4 was released in February, 2011. Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 is the second release in this series.

Gramophone MagazineDetails are invariably surprising...Rubatos, too, are elegantly turned, the phrasing eminently pianistic in that it is so quick of reflex. Of course, it takes an orchestra of extraordinary dexterity to pull off these subtly shifting nuances - and the Russian National Orchestra is extraordinarily responsive. Their playing is chamber-like in inflection, just writ larger.